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Z.AI
GLM-5
Z.AI's early 2026 open-weight flagship, built for systems design and long agent workflows. Strong reasoning and coding, open content level, 200K context, text only. GLM-5.3 is newer and much cheaper but sits a tier lower on intelligence; Kimi K3 is the stronger open alternative.
OpenOpen-weight models with lighter filters. Discuss more, refuse less.
Brilliant
Intelligence
~2.71 credits
Estimated price per message
205K tokens
Context window
Text
Reads
GLM-5 is a legacy model. Its successor, GLM-5.3, is faster or cheaper - and chats that used GLM-5 move to it automatically.
See GLM-5.3The facts
Made by
Z.AI
Content tier
OpenOpen-weight models with lighter filters. Discuss more, refuse less.
Intelligence
Brilliant
Estimated price per message
~2.71 credits≈ 36 messages for $1
Context window
205K tokens≈ 315 pages of text in one go
Reads
Text
Writes
Text
Tool use
Yes - search, memory, code and more
Served via
OpenRouter, Unbottled AI
Status
Legacy
A typical message: 16K tokens in, 1.5K out. Short replies cost less. Models served via OpenRouter bill the real provider cost plus our markup, so actual charges vary. 1 credit = $0.01.
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